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Weavers of Otavalo
Cultural transformations and ethnicity in modern Ecuador • Urbana • Published In 1981 • Pages: 420-449
By: Salomon, Frank.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a short article, based largely on secondary sources, which examines the textile industry of the canton of Otavalo from pre-Incan times through the present. The author's thesis, developed throughout the source, is that textile-making on the part of the Otavalans has paradoxically acted as a buffer against total cultural demise while at the same time inviting exploitation by the several conquerers of the region.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Property
- Exchange and transfers
- History
- Woven and other interworked fabrics
- Textile industries
- Ownership and control of capital
- Labor relations
- Cultural revitalization and ethnogenesis
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Otavalo Quichua
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2010
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- South America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Central Andes
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- David Sherwood ; 1983
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1967
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1534-1973
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Otavalo canton, Imbabura province, Ecuador
- NotesAdditional notes
- Frank L. Salomon
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 446-449)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 81004402
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Otavalo Indians